From the President
Bike Task Force

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The Bike Task Force met with Mayor Jerry Abramson on December
13, 2005, to give him an update on our actions since the February
7-8, 2005, Bike Summit. In addition to the mayor, several Metro
Louisville cabinet secretaries and department heads also attended
the briefing. Our objective was to make certain we were on the
right track and to obtain the mayor’s commitment to specific
action plans.

As Chair of the Task Force, I presented the recommendations,
which were organized around five areas, the so-called 5 E’s:
Encouragement, Education, Engineering, Enforcement, and
Evaluation.

Here are the recommendations, the mayor’s response and a quick
status report.

Recommendation

Status

Encouragement
• Schedule 2-3 community rides per year
• Mayor to help solicit sponsors
• Seek $55,000 in federal funding for Bike-to-Work Week

Agreed-to:
Costs for maintenance assessment included in budget; administration
to urge Council adoption of complete-streets policy; network map
endorsed; road repaving to be evaluated for adding bike lanes; bike
lanes on River Road, Taylorsville Road and Third Street-Southern
Parkway-New Cut Road to new Metro Bike Loop are first priorities.